Library of Entertaining Knowledge. The Menageries. Quadrupeds, Described and Drawn from Living Subjects. Volume the Second. [Elephants]
Published by Charles Knight et al., London, 1831
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA]
AbeBooks seller since November 23, 1999
Condition: Used - Good
US$ 75.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Odd volume of this discursive series, treating solely of the elephant, both African and Indian, its natural history and uses & abuses by man, including hunting and 'entertainments'; complete in one volume. Small hardcover, half brown calf over marbled boards, brown leather labels, gilt titling, blind tooling. Shows a little wear, old paper stuck to top half-inch or so of rear cover; endsheets show some tanning from the leather; minor foxing within. Text clean; viii, 396 pages, 83 wood engravings as called for. Size: 4¼" by 6½".
Seller Inventory # r0365
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Library of Entertaining Knowledge. The Menageries. Quadrupeds, Described and Drawn from Living Subjects. Volume the Second. [Elephants]
- Author
- Anonymous
- Publisher
- Charles Knight et al., London
- Publication year
- 1831
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Edition
- Later Printing.
- Seller catalogs
- Africa, Asia, Natural History
Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA]
Beloit, WI, U.S.A.
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Established in 1991, Bookworks has had an on-line presence since 1999, shipping thousands of books to, well, dozens of countries. We have several thousand books on display at Angela's Attic and the Best of Beloit antique malls on Highway 75/Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois, and at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. We have thousands of uncatalogued books, though we're trying very hard to get them listed; please feel free to email or call with any enquiries. Member MWABA (MidWest Antiquarian Booksellers' Association) and IOBA (International Online Bookseller's Association).…
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Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA]
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